Sensei Rochelle brings nearly a decade of teaching experience and a deeply personal connection to the transformative power of martial arts. She came to karate as an adult and that journey changed everything. After years in hospitality and customer service, she found her true calling on the mat, where she discovered a version of herself she hadn’t imagined possible. Watching her own son grow from a shy kid into a confident young leader only deepened her commitment to helping other families find that same breakthrough at Action Karate Phoenixville.
Adaptive adult training, confidence-building for all learning styles, competition coaching, and unlocking personal growth in students who didn’t think it was possible. What Sensei Rochelle can do for you:
Meet you exactly where you are
Coach you to compete (and win)
Help adults unlock their potential
Support students with additional needs
Teaching philosophy
Sensei Rochelle believes that the mat should work for every person who steps onto it and not the other way around. She structures every class around three core ways people learn: visual, kinesthetic, and auditory. Even in a group setting, she finds the individual. That means adjusting her cues, her pacing, and her expectations based on what each student genuinely needs that day because “your best” looks different on a Tuesday than it does on a Saturday.
Her philosophy is rooted in a simple truth she learned from her own journey: discipline isn’t a punishment. It’s the thing that sets you free. She celebrates hard work loudly and honestly, and she holds her students to a high standard because she knows what they’re capable of, even when they don’t yet see it themselves. For Sensei Rochelle, the goal was never just to earn a black belt. It was to become someone worthy of wearing one.
